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"As far as that mask is concerned, well, I'm happy it's being used as a multi-purpose banner of protest," Lloyd tells Comic Riffs. “It's like [Alberto Korda’s] Che Guevara image on T-shirts and such that was used so often in the past as a symbol of revolutionary spirit — the difference being that while Che represented a specific political movement, the mask of V does not: It's neutral.

“It just represents opposition to any perceived tyranny,” continues Lloyd, “which is why it fits easily into being Everyman's tool of protest against oppression rather than being a calling card for a particular group.”

Does that include Guevara's own tyrannyand mass murder when he was running his reign of terror in Cuba? Also note how ambiguous Lloyd is being when he talks about what Guevara represented, as though he can't bring himself to acknowledge that Guevara represented extreme leftism or communism. He's just perfectly awful.

And after the Occupy movement's use of the mask, it'll probably only be seen as a symbol of anarchy and contempt for capitalism.

Che also went to Angola, Congo and other countries in Africa with other Cuban soldiers to help teach African soldiers to fight against their white colonial European oppressors. South Africa would not have escaped evil apartheid if not for Che and Cuba. This is a fact you probably hate because it destroys your one-dimensional interpretation of Che.

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I'm Avi Green

From Jerusalem, Israel

I was born in Pennsylvania in 1974, and moved to Israel in 1983. I also enjoyed reading a lot of comics when I was young, the first being Fantastic Four. I maintain a strong belief in the public's right to knowledge and accuracy in facts. I like to think of myself as a conservative-style version of Clark Kent. I don't expect to be perfect at the job, but I do my best.